We also did some other stuff. I mean how much fun stuff can two adults, one (almost) kindergartener and one gimp pack into a weekend? Apparently a lot.

Jessie had recently put up a chalkboard wall in her kitchen. Handy for writing lists. And drawing unicorns.

Across the street from her apartment, Jess has a little plot in a community garden wedged between two building in an alley. It really put yesterday's endless drive through a million miles of Amish country into perspective. Not every place is Indiana.

Tessa got to be a pro at many forms of transportation. This is her first subway ride. She was utterly dumbstruck that she was riding a train underground. I was apparently doing my impression of....God knows what.

She fell asleep not once, but twice in a taxi cab.

We rode the cross town bus and got to be experts at getting our tickets and waiting (not so) patiently at the bus stop.

After a time or two she became the queen of subway pole twirling. Not to be confused with the other kind of pole dancing.

She even hopped the Staten Island Ferry to see lady Liberty.

We went here...

And here...

And here...

Quick...which one is real and which one is made out of Legos?

By the time we left we had made Jessie a whole artistic mural to, ahem..enjoy.

Tessa

Born in April 2007....sweet, kind hearted, goofy as all get out, world traveling enthusiastic foodie, ballerina, basketballer, little Mommy and queen of the one-liners.

Charley

Born in Jan 2009 (the baby that was almost birthed on the side of the road)....super affectionate, positive, blonde, loves playing with other kids, obsessed with Star Wars, and so social and talkative that he often gets himself in trouble for it.

Crosby

Born in September of 2015, our 'bonus baby' that has perfectly rounded out our family.